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Summer Holidays
My dad worked at the middle docks just about 1956 and in them days the shipyards would have their fortnight summer holidays all at once. My dad would wake me up at 6am to get ready, have my toast and jam,then it was off to ...Read more
A memory of South Shields in 1956 by
Summer Holiday
My memory of Marske is that of a summer holiday from Oaklands Home (mentioned on a previous page), I think it was on an army camp? on the clifftop. The sea was blinking freezing but the beach was lovely. We would walk ...Read more
A memory of Marske-By-The-Sea in 1959 by
Stambridge Mill And Rochford Beach
When I was a kid about of about 10 we used to swim from the sluice at the mill. It was great for swimming as the current was strong at the gates. Also the beach was more popular, we used these sites till we ...Read more
A memory of Rochford by
South Stifford And Grays
After my grandparents passed away the house was left to my father bill mercer.we lived at 64 Charlton street south stifford.I remember the cement works very well as I along with my friends peter Baldwin and Dave whitehead we ...Read more
A memory of Grays in 1964 by
Sitting On The Beach
I remember on family holidays we use to come and sit on the beach and make a hollow out of the pebbles and shelter from the wind. Also the shellfish stall - of getting cockles for me and oysters for my mum. Its exactly how I remember it.
A memory of Abergele by
Shrimps
I remember my mother asking me to go Manner's Lane to the big house by the shore to buy a pint of shrimps - not many left by the time I got back! The smell of the mound of shrimp shells on the beach waiting for the tide to take them away.
A memory of Heswall in 1962 by
Riding School
I remember the ponies coming along the beach and back to the stables along the high street, past what was then the cinema, now a village hall.
A memory of Rhosneigr
Remembering Friends
I was born in Haselmere and lived in Grayshott. I remember the great times we had as children. Going to the seaside in Brighton with the Cherry family on the motorcycle and side car. Spending time with Nanny Doran from ...Read more
A memory of Headley Down in 1949 by
Port Regis Delicate School For Girls
i to went to this place,i was not abused myself, however the treatment was harsh, and i remember the girl standing under the fireplace being violently sick, as she had to eat the food that she had not eaten the ...Read more
A memory of Broadstairs by
Our Parents Owned Quality Stores Next To The Old Cinema
I am Delphine Chapple's sister and I lived in Rhosneigr for all my years at Holyhead Grammar School. The walk or bike ride to the station was indeed more than any young person would ...Read more
A memory of Rhosneigr in 1967 by
Captions
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Pictured here is the junction of London Road (the A31) and Church Lane. The house on the corner, known as The Beeches, was advertised for auction in 1920.
Beech Hurst was built in 1798 for ship's master Samuel Rolles, who was involved in Poole's trade with Newfoundland.
We are looking north-westwards from above Lower Yondover Farm to the 1839-built Congregational chapel (centre left) at the crossroads near Laurel Farm.
Goring is a riverside village lying between the beech-clad hills of the Chilterns and the windswept slopes of the Berkshire Downs.
The bridge, built in 1848, carried the Great Northern Railway main line from Grimsby to London King's Cross (via Peterborough), but since the Beeching cuts it now only carries the Skegness to Nottingham
Today, Knowle End Wood, Edge Hill Wood, Castle Wood and Edgehill Covert grace the top of the escarpment, forming a continuous band of woodland nearly two miles long.
Today, Knowle End Wood, Edge Hill Wood, Castle Wood and Edgehill Covert grace the top of the escarpment, forming a continuous band of woodland nearly two miles long.
Close to the village of Nettleden is one of the most beautiful places in the county.
The western suburbs of Bridgwater grew in the late 19th century to incorporate the village of Wembdon, whose church was at the far east end of the village. In 1906 it looks remarkably rural.
Clydach Gorge, once populated by forges, is well-known for its stands of beech trees which somehow survived the ravages of the charcoal-burners of the time.
Washington is on the main London to Worthing Road at the foot of the Downs.There are fine views of Chanctonbury Ring, a ring of beech trees planted on the site of an Iron Age hill fort 800 feet up
Farley Green is situated towards the south end of Albury parish, and its fields are carved out of the surrounding greensand woods.
This picture was taken from the entrance to the church.
On the lane south from the crossroads the last two houses on the left are timber-framed, the White Cottage on the left with original framing in the side elevation and fake to the front.
Three young boys in the distinctive uniform of Christ's Hospital school at Horsham, accompanied by a lady, pass by the 16th- and 17th-century cottages which stood at the beginning of Farnham Road.
At the south end of the High Street Frith's photographer looks northwards beside the turning on the right into Hawleys Lane.
The Green has always been a focus for village life, and has several fine old buildings surrounding it.
As the motor car became the prime mode of transport after the war, every small village and town sought to capitalize on the additional, but highly seasonal, trade it brought.
The trees ... are very fine: oak, ashes and beeches; some of the finest of each sort.
Old documents relating to Whitby refer to the western part of the town as Ruswarp, though the village itself lies about a mile from the town.
Standing further back from the College, we can see part of the grounds in front of the building.
Washington is on the main London to Worthing Road at the foot of the Downs.
This street scene has not changed very much except for the names of the occupants.
Downhill to the south and across the River Maun, the High Street continues uphill to pass The Dukeries Hotel, now for some reason called Ma Hubbard's Eating House and Hotel.
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